One of the young adult members talked during the meetings today about sharing the Gospel in a way that has me examining myself.
It's harder to share the things you believe in if you don't want the person you're sharing them with to find greater happiness in what you share.
Unpacking that a bit:
To have the love of Christ in you is to want other people to be happy.
To feel the love of Christ towards you is to believe you can and should be happy, and to want that happiness yourself.
If what you believe it isn't making you happy, why should you want to share it?
Or, rather, if you aren't sharing it with them out of the love of Christ in you for them -- out of the desire for them to find greater happiness in what you share -- it's going to be that much harder to share.
This may have something to do with why people seem to be a little stand-offish when I tell them about what I know is true. I really need to think about my attitude towards life, God, and other people.
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